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Covance Opens Lab for Companion Diagnostics

LabCorp announced that its Covance Drug Development business will open a companion diagnostics lab in Morrisville, North Carolina.

The facility also includes a genomics and molecular pathology lab to support clinical trials and diagnostic testing development, and a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) laboratory that houses an NMR spectrometer, approved by the FDA. The site also houses manufacturing facilities for diagnostics materials and testing components. 

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